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12.03.2018 | Clinical Quiz
Pulmonary hypertension in an adolescent with end-stage-renal disease—a diagnostic challenge: Questions
verfasst von:
Julien Hogan, Rémi Salomon, Saoussen Krid, Damien Bonnet, Antoine Legendre
Erschienen in:
Pediatric Nephrology
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Ausgabe 1/2019
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Excerpt
The prevalence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with end-stage-renal disease (ESRD) is higher than in controls matched for age, but the pathophysiology remains poorly understood. Here, we report the case of a 16-year-old boy who underwent two renal transplantations and who was referred to our institution to explore PH fortuitously diagnosed on echocardiography. …